FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 2, 1998PARENTS DAY WEEKEND AT THE CITADEL

Family
members from throughout the country will come to Charleston this
week to visit their sons and daughters during the annual Parents
Weekend festivities at The Citadel. The public is invited to the
following events.

8:45-10:00 a.m. The four Citadel barracks and other
buildings and facilities will be open to the public. The Citadel
Pipe Band will perform in each of the barracks during the
visitation period.

9:00 a.m. Freshman Squad Drill Competition held on the
quadrangle of Padgett-Thomas Barracks.

9:30 a.m. The Regimental Band will conduct a concert
on Summerall Field.

11:00 a.m. Dress parade on Summerall Field in honor
of visiting parents and grandparents of cadets.

Lunch
will be available at noon on Saturday in Coward Hall and Deas
Hall. Meal and football tickets can be purchased at the information
center in Mark Clark Hall auditorium from 12:30 to 3:30 Friday
afternoon and from 8:00 to 11:00 Saturday morning.

The
Citadel Bulldogs will take on East Tennessee State at 2:00 p.m.
in Johnson Hagood Stadium. The 1999 Summerall Guards, the elite
precision drill platoon, will perform during the half-time show.